Editing Martin Scorsese (section)

===Political corruption===
More recently, his films have featured corrupt authority figures, such as policemen in ''The Departed''<ref>[https://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/10/11/revisiting_southies_culture_of_death/ "Revisiting Southie's culture of death"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202061132/http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/10/11/revisiting_southies_culture_of_death/ |date=February 2, 2009 }}, Michael Patrick MacDonald, ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' (online), October 11, 2006</ref> and politicians in ''Gangs of New York''<ref>[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20021220/REVIEWS/212200304/1023 "Gangs of New York Review"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091023005939/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20021220%2FREVIEWS%2F212200304%2F1023 |date=October 23, 2009 }}, [[Roger Ebert]], ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' (online), December 20, 2002</ref> and ''The Aviator''.<ref>[https://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/12/20/041220crci_cinema "High Rollers"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616114916/http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/12/20/041220crci_cinema |date=June 16, 2008 }}, David Denby, ''[[The New Yorker]]'' (online), December 20, 2004</ref> He is also known for his liberal usage of profanity, [[dark humor]], and violence.<ref>{{cite web |last=Swindle |first=David |date=October 9, 2006 |title=Martin Scorsese Retrospective |url=http://www.wthr.com/story/5515074/martin-scorsese-retrospective |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429090833/http://www.wthr.com/story/5515074/martin-scorsese-retrospective |archive-date=April 29, 2016 |access-date=February 26, 2016 |work=wthr.com}}</ref>

Scorsese's interest in political corruption as depicted in his films was expanded further in his 2019 film ''The Irishman''. [[Richard Brody]] writing for ''[[The New Yorker]]'' found the main interpretation of the film to be a dark allegory of a realist reading of American politics and American society stating:<blockquote> The real-life Hoffa... (was) a crucial player in both gangland politics and the actual practical politics of the day, and the movie's key through line is the inseparability of those two realms. ''The Irishman'' is a sociopolitical horror story that views much of modern American history as a continuous crime in motion, in which every level of society—from domestic life through local business through big business through national and international politics—is poisoned by graft and bribery, shady deals and dirty money, threats of violence and its gruesome enactment, and the hard-baked impunity that keeps the entire system running.<ref>"Watching ''The Irishman'' on Netflix Is the Best Way to See It." By Richard Brody. December 2, 2019. ''The New Yorker''. [https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/watching-the-irishman-on-netflix-is-the-best-way-to-see-it] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203115510/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/watching-the-irishman-on-netflix-is-the-best-way-to-see-it|date=December 3, 2019}}.</ref></blockquote>